Finance Updates – Page 16 – Finance Updates

Lessons from CB Holding’s 2010–11 Collapse: What Failed Turnaround in Casual Dining Teaches Private Equity

Americas M&A Restaurants and Other Eating Places

In November 2010, CB Holding shuttered 29 Cha...

The parent filed for Chapter 11 on Nov. 17, 2...

In 2011 restructuring sales, Praesidian bough...

The breakup underscores how multi-concept cas...

Feinstein & Blum’s Allogene Stock Sales After COVID Briefings: Ethics, Oversight, ST0CK Act Questions

Americas Policy Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

Richard C. Blum sold about $1.5 million to $6...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said she did not attend...

The FBI reviewed the sales and closed the inq...

The episode nonetheless intensified criticism...

ECI Acquires Khameleon: Cloud ERP Boost for Commercial Furniture Distributors

Americas M&A Software Publishers

ECI Software Solutions acquired Khameleon Sof...

Khameleon (founded 1989, Temple Terrace, Flor...

The purchase complements ECI’s existing TeamD...

The deal continues ECI’s acquisition-led vert...

Why Siemens Leads the 2025 PLM Market — Aras, PTC & Dassault’s Unique Strengths

Global Markets Software Publishers

Forrester’s Q3 2025 PLM Wave ranks Siemens Te...

ABI Research also rates Siemens #1, citing ma...

PTC Windchill (and Arena) scores highly for i...

Aras Innovator and Dassault Enovia remain lea...

Intellect Acquires Zaptic to Reinvent QMS with Frontline Worker Intelligence

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Intellect (backed by Strattam Capital) acquir...

The combination aims to unify quality, safety...

The deal brings Zaptic’s frontline digitizati...

Key watchpoints are integration execution, cu...

UK Economy Rebounds Modestly in November: GDP Growth, Forecasts & Fragile Upswing

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

UK GDP rose 0.3% in November 2025 after a 0.1...

Services and production drove the monthly upt...

Forecasts remain subdued, with the IMF expect...

Weak productivity, labour-supply constraints,...

How New Regulations Are Reshaping Regional Bank M&A Deals

Americas M&A Depository Credit Intermediation

Huntington Bancshares and Cadence Bank receiv...

Cadence shareholders will receive 2.475 Hunti...

The combined bank will have about $276B in as...

Moodys kept Huntingtons rating but revised it...

Anglo American-Teck Merger Status: Key Numbers, Regulation & Copper Market Risks

Europe M&A Metal Ore Mining

The European Commission put the Anglo America...

The all-share, zero-premium deal would create...

Management targets US$800M annual cost synerg...

Key risks are remaining non-EU regulatory rev...

Allegiant’s $1.5B Deal to Acquire Sun Country: Synergies, Overlaps & DOJ Risk

Americas M&A Scheduled Air Transportation

Allegiant plans to buy Sun Country in a ~$1.5...

DOJ risk is viewed as lower than prior blocke...

The companies project ~$140M of annual synerg...

Antitrust scrutiny may still focus on airport...

AAM and Dowlais Merger Clears China Antitrust; Deal Effective Feb 3, 2026

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

AAM and Dowlais received China antitrust clea...

Dowlais shareholders will get 0.0881 new AAM ...

The combined company is projected to generate...

Key remaining risks are court and procedural ...